La Morena

The food is beautiful and tastes great. They’ve got a good variety too. Papists. Tortas. Burritos. Gorditas. Tacos etc. Best aguas frescas I’ve had in Harrisonburg. Then we discovered Dippin Dots which was a fun dessert. Very affordable and service was friendly.

Yummy! And everyone was friendly. I just suggest calling your order in. Oh and they also have a really nice salsa bar that they allow you to pick and choose from. Definitely will be going back for authentic Mexican.

The pupusa needs improvement in the flavor and cheese department. It lacked flavor!!! I would be better off licking the walls at El Charro for flavor. We ordered the pork/​cheese but no cheese to be found. WTF. And the «azada» tacos was dried and again lacked flavor. I tried to put more salsa to moisten the meat up. No go. Sad BC people seem to be giving it 4 or 5 stars but for which food? The burrito was huge but it was mainly shredded lettuce. I don’t know if the delivery truck didn’t come in or they were being stingy with their ingredient. We had a big order and the girl up front was getting annoyed and didn’t have patience at all. UHM hello if there aren’t customers like us you wouldn’t be in business!!! Then she forgot our drinks and messed up our order. Maybe if she wrote our order down and stop pretending she has a good memory. Serious. I wouldn’t return here if I was craving pupusa or some real tacos. It was a big let down BC I was thinking this would be a place to get good authentic Mexican food. Sorry La Morena you disappointed me.

Excellent customer service. Check!
súper duper good pupusas. Check!
(I’ve had pupusas in El Salvador, so I know what I’m talking about, these are good. too bad they don’t have pupusas de loroco though.
The salsa bar is small, but it’s fresh and tasty.
Hooray for la Morena!

Wooooooah. Ok I didn’t think life could get better than el sol. But this is the bomb diggity. Salsa bar is epic. Tortas are delicious. The pupusas make me soooo happy. Feels odd when you walk in and feel like you are in a convenience store but DANG! That stuffs so good. Oooh and agua fresca. That gives it a real genuine feel. Reminds me of Costa Rica.
Ok-​update. I have a hard time trying to compare this with el sol, because frankly I still prefer the tortas at el sol. BUT I just had a sope here and it is difficult to compare with el so as well. They are HUGE sopes here at la morena, but I still love el sol’s sopes. I don’t think I can say one is better than the other.
My fave items here are the cheese pupusa, bean and cheese pupusa, and sopes.
THE GREEN SAUCE IN THE SALSA BAR IS A MUST.

The food is absolutely awesome. I wish I could go here everyday. Pupusas are something I had never had, love them. As with the Horchata (Rice Milk) which I had also never had and am now obsessed with. While there is not a lot of places to sit and eat because of it being a store and a restaurant, the food taste and value far outweighs the need to eat there every time. There is probably room for about 8 small groups (4 or less).
I highly recommend to everyone!

Im obsessed with their aguas frescas. The horchata & jamaica are really yummy. Looking foward to trying other flavors such as tamarido, melon. I do beleive flavors vary daily. I also like their pupusas. Very neat & not too greasy. Cant wait to try their tortas & tacos. If you are doing take out, it may be a good idea to call ahead & place your order!

Yes, finally! La Morena has done it! Mexican, Salvadorian food together in the same Restaurant/​Convenience Store! WOW! Much needed in this area of Harrisonburg. I love it! If you like Spanish food this is one you MUST try. Great prices!
Recommended Improvement:
Menú for the dine in customers and take out.

I have never seen a convenience store /​restaurant in Harrisonburg before, and this place seems to be doing it right. The food is reasonably priced, it’s like most local taco trucks as far as quality. They have a salsa bar where you can pick from an assortment of condiments. They serve horchata in a bag, which was fun and it tasted home made (rather then the can mix most restaurants serve). Convenience store side had most standard stuff you would find, with a few Mexican food products thrown in. They serve beer for off premises, which is a plus since Red Front next door won’t.